Report says Falcons want Vick to repay $16 million

Citing unnamed "sources with knowledge of the case," the cable network reports that the Falcons will claim that Vick violated the terms of his 10-year, $130 million contract when he entered a guilty plea to federal dogfighting charges. The NFL players' union has argued that under the league's collective bargaining agreement, bonuses cannot be recovered once they have been paid.

University of Pennsylvania law professor Stephen Burbank will serve as the mediator. Last year, in a similar case involving Denver Broncos player Ashley Lelie, Burbank ruled in favor of the player keeping the bonus money.

ESPN reports that the Falcons plan to argue that Vick, who admitted to bankrolling a dogfighting operation since 2000, knew he was in violation when he signed his contract in 2004.